Cork confidence was sure to have taken a bit of a hammering following their Munster hurling semi-final loss to Waterford, but for manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy surviving the "banana skin" that was Wexford was most pleasing.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy took much satisfaction by the manner in which Cork went about their business in storming back to edge out Dublin in the Division 1 hurling league semi-final at Nowlan Park.